CONTINUUM LIMIT OF SELF-DRIVEN PARTICLES WITH ORIENTATION INTERACTION

The discrete Couzin–Vicsek algorithm (CVA), which describes the interactions of individuals among animal societies such as fish schools is considered. In this paper, a kinetic (mean-field) version of the CVA model is proposed and its formal macroscopic limit is provided. The final macroscopic model involves a conservation equation for the density of the individuals and a non-conservative equation for the director of the mean velocity and is proved to be hyperbolic. The derivation is based on the introduction of a non-conventional concept of a collisional invariant of a collision operator.

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